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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Theme name: The Aunts
Start time: 0:09:05
End time: 0:09:11
Total duration: 0:00:06
Page #: 22
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 1 Part 3
Key: Eb
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 100
Marking: Grazioso
Solo Instrument: harp, celeste
Description
On-screen: Aunt Abby scurries across the room
Description: We hear a delicate and graceful pizzicato theme (associated with the aunts) as Aunt Abby scurries across the room
Music annotations: [m. 1] grazioso / p; [m. 4] rall
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] pizz / harp / celeste
Analysis: This theme features a harmonic sequence of descending thirds (filled in with passing tones): I - vi - IV - ii - bVII - v; as it reaches bVII it modulates from Eb major to Db major
Tags

aunt | crazy person | delicate | establish character | foreign key modulation | gentle | harmonic sequence | hurrying | leading lady | room | scurrying

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